29:05 "IT'S ONLY PREVALENT IN SOME
AREAS, IN OTHER AREAS YOU DON'T SEE IT
AT ALL."))

These students say mold is a big
problem here at Northside High School.
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INQ=I see it ADAM KEITH: I SEE IT EVERYDAY,

DIFFERENT CLASSES, THE ROOF WILL BE
OPEN SOMEWHERE.
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OQ=OPEN SOMEWHERE

SOT FULL 36:06 SOT FULL

INQ=Every single MARC PATTERSON: EVERY SINGLE DAY IN

CLASSES JUST ABOUT ALL OF THEM.
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OQ=ALL OF THEM The school system would not allow our

cameras inside the school to see if
there is in fact a mold problem.

These students say you'll find it in
a number of places.
SOT FULL 32:50 SOT FULL

INQ=You just see COLIN KLIMOWSKI: YOU JUST SEE IT IN

THE HALLWAYS, IT'S EVERYWHERE IN THE

BANDROOM, IN CLASSROOMS SOME OF THE
CEILINGS HAVE HOLES IN THEM YOU CAN SEE
IT UP THERE.
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OQ=IT UP THERE Students say the mold is so bad

janitors are often removing it on a
daily basis.
SOT FULL 35:19 SOT FULL

INQ=They had like ADAM KEITH: THEY HAD LIKE THE CEILING

PANELS OPEN SO THE JANITORS WERE UP
THERE MESSING WITH THE MOLD SO THE
STUDENTS HAD TO BE OUT OF THEIR WAY SO
IT WOULDN'T FALL ON THEM.
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OQ=FALL ON THEM These students also say in some cases

classes have been moved because of the
mold.
SOT FULL 37:12 SOT FULL

INQ=They took the MARC PATTERSON: THEY TOOK THE VICE

PRINCIPAL AROUND THE BUILDING TO SEE
WHERE SHE IS SICK AND WHERE SHE WASN'T
SO THE ONLY PLACE SHE WASN'T OUR
TRAILER SO WE HAD TO MOVE OUT BECAUSE
OF THAT.
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OQ=BECAUSE OF THAT Citing personnel issues, the school

system would not comment on whether the
vice principal has in fact moved her
office.

But an air quality report released
two years ago reveals some students and
staff members had complained about
headaches, irritated eyes, respiratory
problems, and fatigue.

Tests were conducted and found there
was some mold in the school but it
wasn't enough to make people sick.

But here it is two years later and
we're hearing the same complaints.
SOT FULL 34:48 SOT FULL

INQ=It's pretty stupid ADAM KEITH: IT'S PRETTY STUPID THAT

THEY ARE NOT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
THEY JUST GET PAINT AND TRY TO COVER IT
UP BUT IT'S NOT HELPING.
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OQ=IT'S NOT HELPING

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INQ= JUSTIN McLEOD/REPORTING: THE SCHOOL

SYSTEM SAY IT'S DOING PLENTY. ON
WEDNESDAY ADMINISTRATORS WILL MEET WITH
THE FACULTY WHERE THEY'LL ANNOUNCE
PLANS TO HIRE YET ANOTHER COMPANY TO
TEST THE AIR AT THE SCHOOL. JUSTIN
McLEOD, NEWS 7.
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immigrants and their supporters took to
the streets yesterday-- flexing their
social and economic muscle.
ENG#=4 (VO-NAT)
VO-NAT

*CG locator Los Angeles, CA

In Los Angeles alone, two major
rallies attracted an estimated 400-
thousand people.

Demonstrators skipped work, cut

school and refused to shop during the
"Day without immigrants" boycott.

*CG locator Alexandria At this Alexandria construction site,
the absence of Latino workers nearly
brought the place to a standstill.
ENG#=1 (SOT FULL)
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INQ=Costs us a day

*CG 2line Steve Miller
Project Supervisor Steve Miller/Project Supervisor: Costs
us a day off schedule that we've got to
make up this week. Costs us a little
overtime to get back on it.
RUNS=7 (END SOT)

OQ=get back on it

VO-NAT VO-NAT

The nationwide boycott was organized
by activists angered by federal
legislation that would criminalize
illegal immigrants and fortify parts of
the U- S Mexican border.

Roanoke County is anticipating an
easier time at the polls.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Roanoke Co.

Besides only having a race in the
town of Vinton- the county has decided
to use a larger "zoomed in" feature to
help voters better select their choice.

The last election in November
yielded more than 50 complaints of
people having trouble logging their
vote - everything from slow terminals
and machines locking up - to machines
not taking a voter's candidate.
ENG#=2 SOT FULL
SOT FULL

JUDY STOKES, ROANOKE CO. VOTER
REGISTRAR: THE PROBLEM WAS SINCE THERE
WERE SEVERAL CANDIDATES ON THE SCREEN,
THE BLOCKS WERE SMALLER, SO THE PERSON
HAD TO TOUCH DIRECTLY ON THE BLOCK TO
GET IT CHOSE THE CANDIDATE THEY WANTED.
(50)
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OQ=.. the candidate they wanted.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

But Stokes adds its important to
point out - there were *no* instances
of anyone going away from the polls
voting for someone they didn't MEAN to
vote for.
(END VO) (END VO)

in West Virginia today the coal mine
explosion that led to the deaths of a
dozen miners at the Sago mine.

The hearing will focus, in part, on
comments from sole survivor Randal
McCloy, who says some of his
colleagues' air packs failed.
ENG#=3 (VO-NAT)
VO-NAT

*CG locator Beaconsfield, Australia

Meanwhile, rescue efforts continue in
Australia for two gold miners who have
been trapped underground for a week.

Rescuers are assembling a drill to
bore through tons of collapsed rock.

ENG#=4 (SOT FULL)
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INQ=We must stress

*CG 2line Bill Shorten
Australian Workers Union Bill Shorten/Australian Workers Union:
We must stress that the conditions are
very difficult and dangerous and people
should not underestimate the
difficulties in getting them out
safely.

RUNS=8 (END SOT)

OQ=them out safely.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Last Tuesday, a small earthquake
triggered a rock collapse in the mine
that sealed the two men and killed one
of their co-workers.
(END VO) (END VO)

09:40:39 I CAME HOME AND THERE WAS A
MAN IN HANDCUFFS SITTING OUTSIDE THE
APARTMENT AND COPS WITH GUNS
EVERYWHERE. 09:40:44
RUN:05 (END SOT)

OQ=guns everywhere Police had already arrested

Younger and recovered the weapon and
some items that he reportedly took from
the apartment.

Some other Tech students who live
nearby say this is further proof that
crime is on the rise.

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INQ=shocked but not TOMAS OVALLE, LIVES NEARBY

09:34:05 SHOCKED BUT NOT SURPRISED
CAUSE THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF VIOLENCE IN
THE LAST COUPLE OF SEMESTERS :09
RUN:04 (END SOT)

OQ=couple of semesters

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INQ=the drug bust ALVARO HIGUERA, VT STUDENT...LIVES

NEARBY

09:37:13 THE DRUG BUST, THE METH...LAST
YEAR THE KID THAT GOT KILLED AND THEN
THERE WAS A RAPE DOWN THE STREET LAST
SEMESTER TOO. :23 YEAH JUST MORE
VIOLENCE THAN EVER IN MY FOUR YEARS
HERE. 09:37:27
RUN:14 (END SOT)

OQ=four years here

So much...that students who are
used to the open door ...come and go
college attitude.....say they'll be
relying on their apartment keys.

the capitol dome and you'll discover an
image of the state seal that's peeling
off.
SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ=So we went over there 4:18 RICH SLIWOSKI: SO WE WENT OVER

THERE TO LOOK AT IT AND COME TO FIND
OUT IT WAS PAINTED ON CANVAS.
RUN06 (END SOT)

OQ=painted on canvas. One of only two images painted on

canvas, which led officials to believe
it was covering up a bare breast some
believed was too risqu�.
SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ=The seal of Virginia 6:26 RICH SLIWOSKI: THE SEAL OF

VIRGINIA HAS A BARE CHESTED WOMAN AND
YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE IS FULLY CLOTHED
SO WE THOUGHT PERHAPS SOMETIME IN THE
30'S OR SO, THEY DECIDED WELL THAT'S
NOT THE IMAGE WE WANT FOR VIRGINIA
WE'LL JUST COVER IT.
RUN11 (END SOT)

OQ=we'll just cover it. The seal recognized today was

adopted in 1776.

The Roman goddess Virtus is
dressed like an Amazon- with her left
breast exposed, holding a sword and
spear over a fallen tyrant.

The seal inside the dome, painted
in the early 19- hundreds shows a
colonial woman fully clothed--
Many believe a sign of the times.... a
period of colonial revival that had
Virginians dressing more modestly than
some of their ancestors.
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INQ=And if they were 41:08 JIM WOOTEN: AND IF THEY WERE

GOING TO HAVE AN IMAGE THAT PERSONIFIES

VIRTUE, WELL THAT VIRTUOUS IMAGE HAD
BETTER BE FULLY CLOTHED.
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OQ=better be fully clothed. Forensic experts determined that

the seal isn't covering up anything but
a bare wall.

And in the 1930's legislators
ensured there would never need to be a
cover-up when they created a law that
requires Virtus to dress like an
Amazon.
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INQ= JENNIFER WISHON/JWISHON@WDBJ7.COM: A

FEW MONTHS GOVERNOR TIM KAINE VISITED
TROOPS IN IRAQ AND TOOK STATE FLAGS TO
PRESENT TO VIRGINIA UNITS. HOWEVER,
THE TROOPS CANNNOT FLY THE FLAGS.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE IRAQI PEOPLE WOULD
BE OFFENDED BY VIRTUS'S BARE BREAST.
JENNIFER WISHON, NEWS 7, RICHMOND.
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While voters won't be casting
their ballots for state offices, this
race will decide mayors, council
members and school board members in a
number of cities and towns.
DOUBLE BOXES=Kim and Susan DOUBLE BOXES

Susan Bahorich is standing by at
Ruffner Middle School in Roanoke City
where one of the biggest races is
shaping up today.
*CG live Susan Bahorich Good morning Susan.
sbahorich@wdbj7.com
Roanoke
LIVE=SUSAN FULL LIVE FULL

*CG 2line Sylvia Journiette
Precinct Officer
LIVE=SUSAN FULL LIVE FULL

NANCY ROYER, ROANOKE CO. VOTER: I DID
THIS FIVE-TIMES AND ON THE SIXTH TIME I
WAS ABLE TO VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE OF
MY CHOICE.
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OQ=

Nancy Royer was just one of the Roanoke
County voters who voiced her concerns
to us in November.

Her complaint was like many the county
received - she pressed the candidate's

name on the screen and nothing
happened.

County records we reviewed show 55
voting machine complaints recorded at
polling stations. They include pressing
one candidate's name -only to have
another pop up, and machines that
would: "lock up," not reset properly or
were generally slow.

Roanoke County voter registrar Judy
Stokes says every complaint and concern
was taken seriously and the machines
were inspected.

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INQ= TAPE 2 ROANOKE CO @22:11:51.00

JUDY STOKES, ROANOKE CO. REGISTRAR: WE
DON'T THINK IT WAS A MACHINE PROBLEM.
WE HAVE OUR TECH TEST EXTENSIVELY
BEFORE MACHINES GO OUT TO POLLS.. WE
THINK THE SIZE OF THE BALLOTS WAS
CREATING THE PROBLEM (00)
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OQ=

Curtis Andrews is the technician who
oversees the county's machines. He says
the new ones have far fewer problems

09:37:13 THE DRUG BUST, THE METH...LAST
YEAR THE KID THAT GOT KILLED AND THEN
THERE WAS A RAPE DOWN THE STREET LAST
SEMESTER TOO. :23 YEAH JUST MORE
VIOLENCE THAN EVER IN MY FOUR YEARS
HERE SO. 09:37:27
RUNS=:13 (END SOT)

*CG locator Roanoke
Last Week Yesterday a woman who writes grant
applications for non-profit
organizations testified this morning
that she fabricated the minutes that
authorized Reverend Carl Hutcherson to
take a loan.

WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE USE OF THAT
MIDDLE SCHOOL AS A CIVIC OR EDUCATIONAL
USE. :11 IF WE DECIDE THAT WE NEED TO
DO SOMETHING ELSE THE FIRST STEP WOULD
BE TO CHANGE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
FIRST. :18
RUN:13 (END SOT)

OQ=plan first.

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INQ=Almost the whole RON RORDAM: 35:31:00 ALMOST THE WHOLE

PROPERTY IS ZONED LOW DENSITY
RESIDENTIAL. I'M HAPPY WITH THAT
ZONING. I THINK IFANYTHING EVER CAME
FORWARD TO CHANGE ZONING IT'S HAVE TO
COME FORWARD AND THERE' D HAVE TO BE A
GREAT DEAL OF COMMUNITY INPUT BEFORE WE
WOULD EVER THINK OF CHANGING THAT
ZONING. :46
RUN:15 (END SOT)

OQ=that zoning.

No matter who becomes Mayor, both
candidates will still be on the council

in West Virginia today the coal mine
explosion that led to the deaths of a
dozen miners at the Sago mine.

The hearing will focus, in part, on

comments from sole survivor Randal
McCloy, who says some of his
colleagues' air packs failed.
ENG#=4 (VO-NAT)
VO-NAT

*CG locator Beaconsfield, Australia

Meanwhile, rescue efforts continue in
Australia for two gold miners who have
been trapped underground for a week.

Rescuers are assembling a drill to
bore through tons of collapsed rock.

ENG#=1 (SOT FULL)
SOT FULL

INQ=We must stress

*CG 2line Bill Shorten
Australian Workers Union Bill Shorten/Australian Workers Union:
We must stress that the conditions are
very difficult and dangerous and people
should not underestimate the
difficulties in getting them out
safely.
RUNS=8 (END SOT)

OQ=them out safely.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

Last Tuesday, a small earthquake

triggered a rock collapse in the mine
that sealed the two men and killed one
of their co-workers.
(END VO) (END VO)